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( 6 FACED BY MAUD JOHNSON, HER HUSBAND AND BROTHER-IN-LAW, WHO ARE INVOLVED IN CAbE NOW ON TRIAu JAP " PRINCE. HERE The First r : woman C!nicjkerinf D. R. CLAIM AGENTS Heir to Shogun Throne Is On Way to London. ERINGS PEACE MESSAGE 1ZJ Railroads Send Witnesses Prom Many States to Sus I tain Fraud Charge. DOCTORS WERE DECEIVED I: r X:ioovery Kapld After Claims Are 'fettled Arkansas Hotelkcep- l er Tells of Quarrel Over. ' 5; Division of Proceeds. j TjVN'COTTVER. Wash.. April 27. (Spe cial;) On the third day of the trial of Mtk Maud Johnson, alleged to have de rti&led the Northern Pacific Railroad Company of J1250 by feigning injury, imirjy claim agent's from various parts of th United States testified to having pal4 various claims and several doctors wlfcj had made examinations at times she ullfped she was injured and were con vinced then that she was, today on the wit jiess stand testified that they could look back now and see where they had fceeb deceived. That the various railroad companies : wht:h have paid claims to Mrs. Johnson haife expended at least $100,000 in mak ing, investigations is asserted by several of; the claim agents here. One asserts that he can account for from $75,000 to i $196,000. As to manner of causing blood to lapppar, the claims agents testified that when possible she pricked her gums and' the roof of her mouTTi, and when this was not advisable she would use some dye. Some of this dye was found In her room at Yacolt, after she had left: it. it was said. ' Iteeovery Follows Settlement. la nearly every one of the cases brought up. Mrs. Johnson appeared to he ihelpless and once or . twice -was ftpaechless. when the doctors and claim agents were present, but as soon as the claim had been settled she would be eeeh by those who had been set to watch her, apparently strong and well. to the opening of the case today, John Hawn, keeper or a hotel at Rog eri, Ark., at which Mrs. Johnson stayed when she was collecting her claim fron a $mllroad there, testified that he oc cupied a room next to Mrs. Johnson's arid that she had been speechless for das. Fifteen minutes after the claim agent had paid her and left the room, II awn testified, he heard Mrs. Johnson ana the man who claimed to be her liuaband righting over the division- of thj: $1575 which she received. When asked if they were fighting hard, Hawn replied with a full Southern accent: SBelieve me, they were fighting like th -deuce." many of her alleged Injuries, Mrs. Jorinson goes Into vataleptic fits. She wtB in one of these in the Arkansas hippl when Mr. Jawn was called into Ibp dining-room. Not knowing what to dv he grabbed a large bowl of ice and witer and dashed the contents into her face. She came out of it quickly. , Los Angeles Agent Wlsse. p. r. Harris, claim agent for the Pa cific Klectric Company of Los Angeles, testified that Mrs. Johnson had told hifti, when she asserted that she was Injured there, that she was an author ess, and was writing for the Ladies' Home Journal under the name of Alice Preston, and was writing a series of stories for girls. She said that as she had not completed her July Installment, that she would lose $250 on account of." the Injury, and further would be compelled to forfeit a bond for $250. She had sued for $25,600, but Mr. Harris suspected something was wrong and paid her nothing. At Sterling, Neb.. Mrs. "Thomas" col lected $400 from T. D. Thomas, claim agent for the Chicago, Burlington & Qulney. Mr. Thomas testified that she assumed his name and told him that the believed she was a relative of his. Xr. William Crook, of Olenwood Springs, Colo., testified that she alleged she had fallen through a berth and in-; jured her breast and arm, and that, as a resul, he settled with her for $500, although he did not think she was in jured in the least. Tn nearly every instance where the defendant operates, she is said to assert that she Is a wealthy woman and gen erally creates that impression. George J. -JMePhillarney testified that Mrs. Jojmson said she had been injured on a trin near I.a Junta, Colo., and that she was a past worthy matron of the East ern Star. ire learned later that she wjs not a member of the order, but not uritil he had settled with her for $250. Slip was seen leaving the hotel 30 min utes after the settlement, apparently well. 1 j Other Claims .Paid. : Fred Day, claim agent for the South ern Pacific, testified to paying Mrs. Jofinson $350 for injuries she alleged sh0 received at Gold Hill. Or., January 1.U908. Claim Agent Carson, of the Settle Electric Railway, told on the witness stannd of his paying Mrs. M. M-f Johnson $600 for injuries she al leged she received when getting off a of f a streetcar In Seattle. Attorney Haney, for the defense, asked Carson if he was not bitter against the woman and he said he was and would tell why if permitted. Per mission was given and Carson said: "Hocause such persons as she is I be lieve to be- a detriment to the commu nity at large' and make us more sus picions of all other people." E. H. Worthen, assistant claim agent of'the same company, said he saw her wilking up Second avenue a few niin utjps after the settlement, apparently will. ISnna Jensen, nurse, of Seattle, told ofiMrs. Johnson's telling her what had happened In her room, when she was supposed to be in a fit. ti. G. Beckley, claim agent for the StJ Louis & San Francisco Railroad, of Sif lngfield. Mo., testified how Mrs. "lilith Strong" had attempted to col lect damages from his company for injuries alleged to have been received. At 5 o'clock the state's attorney said tht he had several witnesses who were dup to arrive tonight and asked that coort be adjourned until tomorrow morn Irg. the request was granted. Traveling with Mrs. Johnson have been Frjink Johnson, who she says is her husband, and Luther Johnson, said to be net brother-in-law. j Soldier Held as Forger. Vancouver barracks, wash.. Ailril 27. (Special.) Henry Stone, Com pany M. First Infantry, was arrested in Portland last evening, charged with be ing a deserter, and also with being Im plicated in forging Captain Game's name to a check for $25. Stone has been turned over to the military au thorities and Is in the guardhouse MuilUng trial. - if-1' - - f'f - - J . :: . SEb ; I ... , . ,. , J f 3r?FZ i - J I V f I 1 cv 1 ' "yt i u - ft m - f - -W ' 1 " . i A rtxs . ; - I 1 I ' - " 2? " 5 ' t r i . . . 4 -r II ' . -Jl HILL CONTROL DENIED G1LMORE & PITTSBIRG IS X.V Tl'RE OF PRIVATE PARTIES. Mr. W'eyerliauser Declares St. Paul Man Is Not Financing Deal. Support Withdrawn. BOISE, Idaho,. April 27. (Special.) In a letter written by Frederick Weyer haeuser, prime mover in the great Weyer haeuser syndicate the millions of which are said to back James J. Hill, to the local representative of the Weyerhaeuser Interests in Idaho, whose headquarters are in Boise, an emphatic donial is made of the reoprt that the Hill interests are behind the Gllmore & Pittsburg, that mysterious railroad building into Eastern Idaho from Armstead, Mont., to Salmon City, Lemhi County. It Is asserted, on the contrary, that a deal has been made with Hill by which his system will have a northern connec tion with the Boise-Butte Railroad" into Central and Southern Idaho to Boise as well as traffic arrangements over the Boise & Western to the interior of Oregon and the Pacific Coast. It is said also that the building of the Gllmore & Pittsburg is a move by East ern capitalists who are playing a. shrewd game to force competing Interests, Harri man and Hill, to buy tli out. This may ho the result, for William A. Clark, of Montana, already has made approaches to use his millions to do this very thing, acting co-operatively with the Hill peo ple, the ldfa being to control eventually both the Gllmore & Pittsburg and Boise Butte roads. It is said also that one of the largest banking houses in Pittsburg, which up to a short time ago was meeting the bills of the Gilmore & PittEburg, acting, in fact, as its clearing-house, has quietly announced that it no longer will stand responsible for the road's indebtedness, and that the money which It has been paying out to meet the bills contracted by this road had been raised by promi nent financiers. On learning this as the attitude of this banking institution, one of the contractors bidding for the boring of a tunnel for the Gilmore & Pittsburg dropped out of the running and refused to fake the risk of handling the contract without first receiving a guarantee of his pay. The Boise-Butte, articles for which were filed in this city last Fall, has closed a deal for Its terminal in Butte, $100,000 having been subscribed in the Montana city for this purpose, and arrangements have been completed for the building of the first 50 miles of this road in Idaho. The claim Is now made that when Hill makes his official announcement as to the link to be used by his new Central and Eastern Oregon and Western and Central Idaho lines, he will name the Boise-Butte. KLAMATH FALLS ON LINE Through Portland to San Francisco Tourists to See Crater Lake. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., April 27. (Spe cial.) Klamath Falls Is to be on a main passenger line from San Francisco to Portland during the coming Summer. W. L. Clapp, who operated an auto mobile line last Summer between . this city and Lakeview, has closed a contract with the Southern Pacific Railroad Com pany to .transport passengers from this city to Crater Lake," where they will be met by automobiles and taken to Med ford to connect with the railroad again. The Southern Pacific Company will sell through tickets via Klamath Falls from San Francisco to Portland. Passengers can purchase their tickets in San Francisco and make the trip by rail to this city. Then they will stay over night here and. leave early next morning in automobile for the rim of Crater Lake. This trip will traverse some of the great est scenic parts of Southern Oregon, of which Klamath County has its share, and the tourist will be landed at Crater Lake about noon, or within five hours from the time of leaving here. Arriving at the lake, those only wishing to get a glimpse of the lake and go on the same day will be landed by automobile at Medford the same evening. For those wishing to spend a night or longer at the lake ample accommodations are to be prepared for keeping them as long as they wish to stay. Just what the fare will be for this trip has not yet been made public, but it is assured that with these transportation facilities thousands of people will take advantage of the opportunity to get a glimpse of Crater Lake and the scenic country surrounding. RAY WILCOX REWARD $250 Escaped Convict Wanted as Witness In Pcjioon Murder Case. OLYM PI A, Wash.. April 27. (Spe cial.) Governor Hay today offered a reward of $250 for the capture of Ray Wilcox. Wilcox had been paroled from Walla Walfa Penitentiary and had been work ing there about 'the time of the mys terious death of Mrs. Papoon, and had been an Intimate of Papoon, who is suspected of having poisoned his wife. Wilcox disappeared shortly after the woman's death and the fact that the dead woman was known to have taken a tablet Just before her death that Wilcox had prepared is the reason for the unusual offer of a reward for the capture. CANAL SURVEY IS BEGUN Plan for Waterway North From Co lumbia to Take Shape. astoria! 6r., April 27. (special.) A party of engineers arrived at Chinook this morning to begin surveys for the proposed ship canal from the Columbia River to a connection with Willapa and Grays Harbor. The project is backed by Aberdeen capitalists, and construction work is expected to com mence this Summer. It is declared there are no very. seri ous engineering difficulties to combat, and the cost of construction is not ex pected to be heavy. Hood River Bonds Are Sold. HOOD RIVER, Or., April 27. (Special.) A few hours made a great difference to the bidders to construct Hood River's municipal water system, bids for which were rejected yesterday for want of funds, as the City Council wag yesterday notified that the bonds had been accepted. The message, which came by wire, was received but a few hours after the bid ders had left town. Are you frequently hoarse? Do you have that annoying tickling in your throat? Does your cough annoy you at night, and do you raise mucus in the morning? Do you want relief? If so, take-Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and you will be pleased. Sold by all dealers. Most Important Personage in Japa nese Empire Aside From- Emper or Belittles Cry or "Japanese-American War." SEATTLE, Wash., April 37. Prince Tesato Tokugawa. heir to the Shogun throne, and who, but for the revolution la Japan that crowned the Mikado, would be the ruler of that country, ar rived from Yokohama on the Awa Maru tonight, accompanied by a number of attendants. The Prince, who- is 42 years old and the most important man In the Japanese empire, aside from the Emperor, is on the way to the Anglo-Japanese exposi tion in London, and on his Journey will do some sightseeing in the United States. The Prince and his suite were met at the steamer by prominent Japanese, city officials and business men, and conveyed in automobiles to the Hotel to Do Honor. Tomorrow morning the Prince will be shown about the city, and, on i!s re turn, will visit the Japanese school, where he will be greeted by the chil dren. In the afternoon the Prince will receive the Japanese citizens in their new assembly hall In the evening an equal number of Japanese and American citizens will eat dinner with the Prince at the Rainier Club. The visitors will leave in a spe cial car of the Great Northern's Ori ental Limited train Friday morning, go ing direct to Chicago. The Prince will spend one night in Chicago and then go to Pittsburg to Inspect the Carnegie steel mills. Thence he will proceed to Washington for an official reception by the Japanese Am bassador on May 7 and other entertain ments which will occupy a week. The Prince will sail from New York for Europe on May 15 on the Mauretanla. In an Interview today Prince Toka gawa said the only message he had for America was one of friendship. Prince Brings Peace Message. "From time to time," he said, "the newly-coined phrase 'the Japanese American war,' appears in the foreign newspapers of Japan, but I personally cannot imagine such a thing taking place. America has assisted materially in Japan's progress and civilization, artd Is her benefactor, with whom the best terms of cordiality and friendship exist. "I sincerely hope, therefore, that the friendly relations which so happily ex ist between our two countries, may re main unchanged for many years, and I am convinced this well be the case. The object of my present Journey Is for pleasure, to visit the Anglo-Japanese exposition and to look at places of In terest on the way. I have no other ob ject in crossing America beyond desir ing to see for myself the immense de velopment which has taken place here, and also to refresh my recollections of the time I passed In the United States in 1882. - Prince Educated In England. "I returned to Japan after being edu cated in England. My present Journey has no official or political significance, and I am taking it in quite private character and only for personal enjoy ment." The development of Manchuria And Korea is proceeding, the prince said, but he declined to discuss the situation there, nor would he speak In regard to the recent changes In land ownership or. In fact, touch on any political or other matter of Interest aside from his Journey. FAITHFUL TO COMPANION Dog Refuses to Leave New Home of Animal Friend. DAYTON, Wash.. April 27. (Spe cial.) An unusual instance of com radeship between domestic animals was recorded here today. Frank Te walt owned a driving horse, which he sold beveral days ago to J. Van Scoyk. The constant companion of the horse during the Winter was "Skip," a mon grel dog, which had shared the man ger. When Mr. TewBlt delivered the horse to Its new owner, "Skip" went with him. Evidently the dog was pre pared to stay, for when he was driven out of the barn he took a position near the stable door and defied any one to dislodge him. Not allowed to Delicately formed and gently reared, women will find, in all the seasons of their lives, as maidens, wives or mothers, that the one simple, wholesome remedy which acts gently and pleasantly and naturally, and which may be used with truly beneficial effects, under any conditions, when the system needs a laxative, is Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. It is well known to be a simple combination of the laxative and carminative principles of plants with . pleasant aromatic liquids, which are agreeable and refreshing to the taste and acceptable to the system when its gentle cleansing is desired. Only those who buy the genuine Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna can hope to get its beneficial effects, and as a guarantee of the excellence of the remedy, the full name of the company California Fig Syrup Go. is printed on the front of every package, and without it any preparation offered as Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is fraudulent and should be declined. To those who know the quality of this excellent laxative, the offer of any substi tute, when Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is called for, is always resented by a transfer &ijf of patronage to some first-class drug establish- v.V-V-ment, where they do hot recommend, nor sell ,,1 iaise brands, nor imitation remedies. ine article may be bought of all reliable drug- ffl-mMft gists everywhere; one size only. price 50 cents per bottle. Get a bottle today ?hJ$!M0&4 to have in the house when neAdArl. ?" .V2f 1S-SP,T- .. . - THE HOUSE OF HIGHEST QUALITY. The Last be with the horse in its new environ ment, the dog finally returned to the Tewalt home, but his forlorn and mel ancholy attitude attes'ts' the fact that he has not forgotten his old-time pal. GILLIAM LAND IN DEMAND r Big Deals Closed During Week Evi dence of Unusual Activity. CONDOS, Or., April 27. (Special.) Evidences of the promised real estate activity in this section of the state are already seen in Gilliam County. 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